Minnie
Beach Fanatic
Disney sails out of Port Canaveral so not sure rapid transit from Tampa would affect that.
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Why do we need high speed rail between Tampa and Orlando?
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Disney sails out of Port Canaveral so not sure rapid transit from Tampa would affect that.
GoodWitch58
Beach Fanatic
Oh, I agree. In fact, I think a high speed rail hub would make more sense in the swampy pine forest than the airport does...I can see it now: all the Atlanta, B'Ham, Nashville, tourists could just hop on a train to Sowal...then a monorail from the airportto the beach...less jet fuel; fewer cars; no wasted time
Matt J
SWGB
You must have been offline for a while. They built it and they came.
SHELLY
SoWal Insider
...and moreover, so too did million$ and million$ of unbudgeted dollar$ in cost overruns for erosion control, pond filtration areas and DEP permit violations (and now problems inside the terminal facility?)--and soon, lawyers and court costs.
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Matt J
SWGB
I saw that coming when they announced the shadiest contractor in the Panhandle was going to build it. Phoenix construction is famous for that kind of crap in Bay County. Why Bay County ever uses them after the sewer line debacle is beyond me.
As usual though instead of holding the contractor responsible the county caves and pays the fines and takes the responsibility.
SHELLY
SoWal Insider
...nice deal for LUV & JOE, not so good of a deal for the taxpayers--whyizit, do you suppose, that the only people who saw this mess coming was you and me?
Matt J
SWGB
30ashopper
SoWal Insider
I was watching Avatar last night, it reminded me of our wonderful new "eco-friendly" airport that destroyed a couple thousand acres of flood plane.
30ashopper
SoWal Insider
rising property values are the new unobtainium. 
scooterbug44
SoWal Expert
Got an earful from Uncle Scooterbug last night about the high speed train project in Wisconsin to connect Milwaukee and Madison - total cluster that makes this one in Florida look fantastic.
Wisconsin beat other other states to get a $810 million grant, has been studying this/working on it for 15 years, and construction has already begin.
But the state just elected a new governor who wants to halt the project and use the money for something else (this is not an option, which has been specifically written into the deal and has also been explained to him by the US Sec of Transportation). He thinks people should just drive cars to get places and doesn't quite get that a grant for high speed rail has to actually be used for high speed rail - a problem shared by many voters.
That's 5,500 jobs down the drain, a total loss of $14.25 million already spent (part of it to Uncle Scooterbug's company), and an additional $83 million the state will have to spend of its own money to upgrade old rail lines. :roll:
Wisconsin beat other other states to get a $810 million grant, has been studying this/working on it for 15 years, and construction has already begin.
But the state just elected a new governor who wants to halt the project and use the money for something else (this is not an option, which has been specifically written into the deal and has also been explained to him by the US Sec of Transportation). He thinks people should just drive cars to get places and doesn't quite get that a grant for high speed rail has to actually be used for high speed rail - a problem shared by many voters.
That's 5,500 jobs down the drain, a total loss of $14.25 million already spent (part of it to Uncle Scooterbug's company), and an additional $83 million the state will have to spend of its own money to upgrade old rail lines. :roll:
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